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Propylene for June fell by 8 cents/lb (US$176/ton) on weaker demand and a persistent slide in spot prices, as per ICIS news. This takes polymer-grade propylene (PGP) to 55.50 cents/lb and...
Spot VCM prices in Asia have begun to move downward after resisting the pull of the declining upstream ethylene and downstream PVC prices for some time, as per Chemorbis. This reduction i...
Asian naphtha cracks hit a three-session high of US$119/ton mostly due to market reaction to contaminated cargoes from Rabigh, but saw limited price gains on heavy arbitrage arrivals- 1.2...
Trailing positive data of robust US home and auto sales reports that propped up Wall Street, oil prices have rebounded to levels of US$74. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for ...
Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Project, the world's largest of its kind, was completed in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The project is a large coal chemical project in which c...
A novel cranio-maxillofacial implant technology that uses an advanced polymer biomaterial, PEEK-OPTIMA® (from Invibio Biomaterial Solutions), to extend benefits to patients with severe ma...
The Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI), an agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), has issued Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)-013 for an...
Brazil and Mexico are nascent markets for bioplastics when compared to those in Europe or USA. Bioplastics are currently penetrating such segments as food packaging and agricultural film...
Israel’s Oil Refineries Ltd expects no change in sales of petrochemicals and oil products to Turkey. Figures are expected to be unchanged at about 7-9% of the company’s total revenue in 2...
The specialty chemicals industry was valued at US$393 billion in 2009. By market value, the North American market accounted for 27% of global specialty chemicals consumption, followed by ...
State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has started shipments of polymers from its naphtha cracker at the Panipat refinery, marking IOC's entry in the polymer business. Production capacity includ...
Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer Engel, is set to double the potential output of its facility in China by next year, as per Plasticstoday. Boosted by demand from the autom...
Rhodia has unveiled its latest innovations including the announcement of the development of a new polyamide high-performance composite material. A direct result of Rhodia’s ongoing innova...
For over a month, PP and PE markets have been falling in Asia amid persistently sluggish demand and plunging feedstock costs. As per Chemorbis, rising concerns regarding the health of the...
Borealis’ Stenungsund expansion will enable broad supply of Borealis solutions for wire and cable sector. Borealis has completed an over €400 mln investment at its plant in Stenungsund, S...
Repsol has restarted its 450,000 tpa propylene oxide-styrene monomer (PO-SM) facility at Tarragona, Spain as per Platts. The unit had a 50 day planned shutdown and is expected to commence...
PetroRabigh has discovered methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in Rabigh naphtha, a grade used specifically for cracking in petrochemical plants. About 200,000 tons of Rabigh-grade naphtha...
Since 2000, China's mould & die industry has grown at an average of 15% pa, with its total output value ranking in the world's third place as per researchandmarkets.com. The 2009 economic...
Reliance Industries Ltd. may start work on a multibillion-dollar chemical plant this year, reviving a project to meet India’s surging demand for the raw materials for plastics, drugs and ...
The recycling rate for polyethylene bags and wraps doubled from 2005 to 2008 to 832 bln lbs, growing 28% since 2005, as per the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This s...
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